Paper pail or vessel.



Patented luly 3|, I900.

C. G. SHIPLEY, JR. PAPER PAIL 0R VESSEL.

(Application filed Nov. 4, 1898.)

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coLUMBUs e.sI-1IPLEY,JR.,,oF DAYToN, oH o, ASSIGNOR TO THE J. w. SEFTONMANUFACTURING ooMPA Y, or ANDERSON, INDIANA, AND

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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sPEcrrrcArroN forming par of Letters Patent No. 655,024, dated iuly 31,906. Application filed November 4,1898. Serial no. 695,434.. (No man Toall whom it hi/ ay cortcefm e it knownthatl, COLUMBUS GLSHIPLEY,

JL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county ofMontgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new. and

useful Improvements in Paper Pails or .Vessels; and I do herebyde'clar'ethat the following is a full,]clear, and exact description of theinvention, which willenable others skilled in such position and soarranged as to form. in addition to a cover aformer and support for thetop flaps of the pail and which reinforces said top flaps tosuch anentent that a '25 lid or cover is provided withsuch strength as torenderit capable of withstanding any pressure or weight that is aptto beplaced thereon when the cover is closed over the contents of the pail.With this end in view certain structural features are provided wherebythe said cover, former, and support are themselves supported in themouth of the vessel.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simple and efficientmeans for securing the folded sides of the vessel, for securing the bailor handle, and for maintaining the top flaps closed over the mouth ofthe vessel.

These several features will be described in detail, reference beingfirst had to the accom- 0 panying drawings, of which- Figure l is a planof the blank from which the bottom, sides, and top flaps are produced.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the blank constituting the cover, former, andsupport for the top flaps.

5 Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are different views of the sheetmetal fasteners.Fig. 6 is a view of the pail open. Fig. 7 is a view of the pail closed.Fig.

8 is a view of the {pail open with portions broken out to betterillustrate the folds or improvements in several views. When the blank isthus folded,

the center square A becomes the bottom of the pail, B B and O O the foursides, and F F and G Gthe four intervening sides folding inwardlybetween the sides B and O and coming together in the usual manner. Theseparts F and G when thus folded inwardly bring the edges of sides 0 C inline with the similar edges of sides B B, and the side folds F and G arethen folded over the outside of sides B B and secured thereto in amanner hereinafter described. The continuous edges 5 b and f f of thesides B B and F F are folded outwardly alongthe crease-lines bb and f fto stiffen orreinforce the upper edges'of said sides B B and F F. Thesaid side edges b b and ff are slit at s s to enable the sides B B and FF to bend .out on their dividing crease lines. H H are the top flaps.Between said flaps and the side folds G G are additional folds I I and JJ. I The latter folds and parts H-H fold inwardly.

-K designates a cover. for the mouthof the pail, and consists of a pieceof cardboard of suitable thicknessto provide a support for the top flapsand which also reinforces said flaps. In addition tothe above functionsof providing a cover for the vessel and a support tohold the top flapsup in a level position under pressure the said piece K also serves as aformer over. which the top flaps are bent. Referring to Fig. 2, theblank K is there shown to have four folding sides K and K, the lattersides folding in a direction the opposite to that in which the sides Kare bent, so that the sides or folds K project downwardly over thecorners of the reinforced edges b b and f f when the cover is placed inthe vessel, and the sides K project up. In this position, which Figs. 6and 8 well illustrate, the edges K K upon which the sides K K are bent,rest upon and are supported by the reinforced edges 1) b and ff, and thesaid cover K-is'i'n this manner prevented from entering the pail, but isat" all times supported in this manner, the thicknessof the edges 1) band ff being such as t make it impossible for the cover K to pass downintothe pail. attached permanently to the pail or detached "therefrom.In either event it is equally convenient for nesting and shipment. Itmay be united to theinside of the pail by fastening one of the sides Kor K to theinner side of wall 0 or flap I. When the former or cover K isin position in the mouth of the pail, as shown Figs. 6 and 8, it isreadyto serve as a former for bending-the top flaps. The sidesHH [befoldedor bent inwardly. These folded are first folded inwardly againstthe upper side of said cover K, breaking on the creaseline betweensides'H and J and bringing the latter come ihclosed between flaps I andJ, which constitute the top flaps, and thus said flaps 1' vesseltogether and thatof providing a-simple and efficient means for securingthe bail or handle, ,lsaid' bail or handle beinga'tape or cord whichreadily'engages with the fasteners in a mannerpresently made plain. The

nose or point a of the fastener is bent at a right angle to the body andunites the side folds paper at various points, I as shown'at c, Fig. '1.'The lower endof the r by penetrating the fasteneris slit to enable thetwo corners d to cornersembracexandclamp the sides F and vtenervbecomesa G at'their crease-lines,as shown in Figs. 6,

'7, and 8. When'the fastener is thus made fast to the folds, and thenose at is passed- I through the'sides andelenched on the inner side ofwall B, as. shown in Fig. 9,'the faseasily attached in the followingmanner:

" One endthereof is slipped under the ear g in one of the fasteners. Thetape or cordis then drawn or carried around the side of the pail" to thefasteneron the other side and isthen or handle.

vents their openin The ears g g project The said cover maybe part Jagainst the inner side of parts K K, The latter parts of the cover thenbe rigid and permanent secur-' ing medium for the folded sidesof theves-' sel. The handle or bail L is preferably made of a suitablelength'of'tape or cord and is position and prehaving opposite sides, B,each providedwith their upper ends projected through said folds pail.

a'fold b bent back upon the'side whereby'the upper portions ofthesaidsidesarereinforced, corner folds folded-outsideof-said sides B,andholding meansfo'r said corner folds engaging said reinforced upperportions of the sides B, substantially as described.

2. In a paper pail or vessel, thecombination of the inwardlyfolded sidesF F and B having crease-lines b and f f throughout their. edgegdoublefolds f f and b formed by bending the said edges along said creaselines,metal fasteners having their lower ends secured to the outerfoldsjofihesides, and

and clamped over the edges b f f on theinside of the pail, substantiallyas speeified.

3.,In a paper pail or vessel,'-the combi'nation with the overlappingside folds, the free edges f and b of the material comprisingsaid foldsbeing bent outwardly throughout the length thereof to provide reinforcededges, slits 8 Sent from the crease-line ofsaid fold to the edge of thematerial to enable the said outward fold of the free edges, ofareinforcing-cove'r. resting on said reinforced edges, the said coverconstituting a p former j over which-the top portionsof the pailoryessel are bent, and having downwardly and'f'up wardly projected sides, theformer side ex tending down over the corners of the rein= forced edgesof the pail or vessel, and the lat ter sides extending up andadapted'torein force the top flaps. i 1 4.1m apaper pail or vessel,,'thecombina tion with the overlapping sides of saidpailor vessel, offasteners the upper and lower edges of which secure the folds of saidsides, ears projected from said fasteners, and abailor handlepassedupw'ardly under said ears and 4 across the closed top flaps of thevessel or 6; In apaper pail orvessel,the-combinw tion with the foldedsides "of said pail or ves sel, of fasteners the lower endsofwhioh' embrace the inclined edges of said folds, and

the upper ends of which pene'trate'the oveis lapping portions of saidfolds and theinner adjacent walls and areclenched against'the innersides of said walls, arsproiect euewn wardly from said fasteners, and avtape or cord secured to said earsand forming a handle, passed under theear 9 of the latter fastener. This measures'the' desired length of thebail The end of said tape is next 1 drawnacross the top of the pail andis faste-ned to the ear to which it was first attached Thislast movementof thesaid tape secures. ,the top flaps in a closed and securingv thetop flaps of'the pail Olives sel in a closed-position. Y r 6. A papervessel,compris'ing afolded blank having opposite sides B, each providedwith a fold b Ibent back upon the side wherebythe upperedge of the sidesare reinforced, corner folds F-,-G foldedo'utside of said sides B, andmetallic securing devices :having portions passing through said folds F,G and engaged upper edge of the side fold, substantially as 10 over thereinforced edges of the sides B, subdescribed. stantially as described.In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 7. A paper vessel, comprisinga blank havmy own I hereto affix my signature in presing opposite sidefolds, corner folds overence of two Witnesses.

lapped over said side folds, and a metallic se- COLUMBUS G. SHIPLEY, JR.curing device having portions bent over said Witnesses: corner folds,and a portion passing through R. J. MCCARTY,

said overlapped corner folds and engaging the CARL H. NOE.

